Contributions from Ariel Klinghoffer | Little White Lies

Contributor Ariel Klinghoffer

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Festivals

You Won’t Be Alone – first-look review

by Ariel Klinghoffer

Goran Stolesvs­ki weaves a strange and sump­tu­ous tale of wom­an­hood against the back­drop of ancient Macedonia.
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Festivals

Living – first-look review

by Ariel Klinghoffer

Oliv­er Her­manus presents an under­stat­ed reimag­in­ing of Aki­ra Kurosawa’s Ikiru, writ­ten by Kazuo Ishiguro.
A woman in a messy, cluttered bedroom sitting on a bed, looking pensive.
Review

Playlist

by Ariel Klinghoffer

French graph­ic nov­el artist Nine Anti­co directs this uneven char­ac­ter study of a young woman look­ing for love.

2
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Simple cartoon figure drawing next to young woman reading book on couch.
Review

Ninjababy

by Ariel Klinghoffer

An ama­teur car­toon­ist meets her unborn child in Nor­we­gian writer/​director Yngvild Sve Flikke’s irrev­er­ent comedy.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Bye Bye Morons

by Ariel Klinghoffer

Despite Vir­ginie Efira’s best efforts, this inane com­e­dy from direc­tor Albert Dupon­tel is des­tined to be forgotten.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
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Review

The Killing of Two Lovers

by Ariel Klinghoffer

A man fights to save his mar­riage in this heart-wrench­ing dra­ma from writer/​director Robert Machoian.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Queer Cinema

The radical queer politics and bittersweet legacy of Tomboy

by Ariel Klinghoffer

Céline Sciamma’s LGBTQ+ themed sec­ond fea­ture found itself at the cen­tre of a polit­i­cal storm in France.
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Review

Cocoon

by Ariel Klinghoffer

Leonie Krippendorf’s queer teen romance is a sun-kissed sto­ry of growth and metamorphosis.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A smiling woman in a brown jumper lying in a grassy field with a coastal town in the background.
Review

Summerland

by Ariel Klinghoffer

Gem­ma Arter­ton plays a reclu­sive writer who redis­cov­ers her roman­tic side in Jes­si­ca Swale’s ten­der wartime drama.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect